-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Duration 2h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story The life of the man – up to a point Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script David Scarpa Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett, Miles Jupp, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ian McNeice, Ratings IMDb: 6.7/10. Rotten Tomatoes: 60% by 212 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R/NC-17, Norway 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Brandon Cronenberg Writers/Script Brandon Cronenberg Starring Cleopatra Coleman, Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Thomas Kretschmann, Amanda Brugel, Jalil Lespert Ratings IMDb: 6/10 by 47k reviewers. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 227 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Plot of Infinity Pool: Novelist James … Continue reading
Duration 2h 37m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story This is a prequel to the later Hunger Games stories and is based on a novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins Director Francis Lawrence Writers/Script Michael Lesslie, Michael Arndt, Starring Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Jason Schwartzman, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 58m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A French graphic novel “The Killer” by Alexis Nolent Director David Fincher Writers/Script Andrew Kevin Walker Starring Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Ratings IMDb: 7.0/10 by 57k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 86% by 218 reviewers. Review2view: 7.5/10. The Plot of … Continue reading
Duration 3h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A factual book of the same name by David Grann Director Martin Scorsese Writers/Script Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Tatanka Means and a cast of thousands Ratings IMDb: 8.2/10 by 34k … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A book “The Cabin at the End of the World” by Paul Tremblay. Director M. Night Shyamalan Writers/Script M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman Starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn Ratings IMDb: 6.1/10 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story A book: The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager. Director Ridley Scott Writers/Script Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story Said to be loosely based on the 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party”, also presented as a TV film starring David Suchet. Director Kenneth Branagh Writers/Script Michael Green Starring Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Camille Cottin, Kelly Reilly, Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Ratings … Continue reading
Duration 3h 00m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A 2005 book “American Promethius” by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin Director Christopher Nolan Writers/Script Christopher Nolan Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Conti, Josh Hartnett, Florence Pugh, Matthew Modine, Matt Damon, Dane DeHaan, Rami Malek, Olivia … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Not released, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Russell Crowe Writers/Script Stephen M. Coates, Russell Crowe Starring Russell Crowe, Liam Helmsworth, RZA, Elsa Pataky, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 by 11k people . Rotten Tomatoes: 8% by 34 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Summary: A group of boys in … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: Not released, Denmark: 11 Source of story A screenplay developed from the 2012 book of the same name by Rachel Joyce Director Hettie Macdonald Writers/Script Rachel Joyce Starring Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Earl Cave, Linda Bassett, Claire Rushbrook Ratings IMDb: 6.8/10. Rotten Tomatoes: 83% by 29 reviewers. Review2view … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, surely using material sourced from the book The Man Who Never Was by Ewen Montagu Director John Madden Writers/Script Michelle Ashford Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Colin Firth, Penelope Wilton, Mark Gatiss, Kelly Macdonald, Simon … Continue reading
Duration 2h 01m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Spain: 13 Source of story A one man play of the same name written and performed by Chazz Palminteri Director Robert De Nero Writers/Script Chazz Palminteri Starring Robert De Nero, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Joe Pesci, Ratings IMDb: 7.8/10 by 149,000 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 2h 30m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A 1979 book of the same name by William Styron. Director Alan J. Pakula Writers/Script Alan J. Pakula Starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 50,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 78% by 451 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. Summary: It is … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: Approved, Spain: 18 Source of story A 1952 play and 1956 novel by Horton Foote Director Arthur Penn Writers/Script Lillian Hellman Starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angle Dickinson, Richard Bradford, Robert Duvall, James Fox, Janice Rule Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 13,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 7m Ratings UK: A, Source of story A book of the same name by James A. Michener – but apparently a lot of liberties taken. Director James Fargo Writers/Script Nancy Voyles Crawford, Thomas A. McMahon, Lorraine Williams Starring Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee, Jennifer O’Neill, Joseph Cotton, Jeremy Kemp, and a whole … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story An original screenpplay Director Mimi Leder Writers/Script Ted Humphrey Starring Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hardy, Robert Forster, Radha Mitchell, Rade Serbedzija Ratings IMDb: 6.0/10 by 35,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 20% by 5 reviewers Review2view: 5/10. Summary: Keith Ripley is a skilled … Continue reading
Duration 1h 48m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 7 Source of story A book by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones, The Search for Richard III. Director Stephen Frears Writers/Script Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope Starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, James Fleet, Mark Addy, Lee Ingleby, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 4,100 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: A, USA: PG, Sweden: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, loosely based on real WWI flying events and personalities, and early barnstorming air circuses. Director George Roy Hill Writers/Script George Roy Hill, William Goldman Starring Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Susan Sarondon, Geoffrey Lewis, Phillip Bruns, Margot Kidder, Bo Brundin … Continue reading
Duration 1h 25m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, France: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director David Tennant Writers/Script Peter Sullivan Starring Jason Patric, Scott Adkins, Natasha Henstridge, Kyra Zagorsky, Ratings IMDb: 5.1/10 by 3,700 reviewers. Rotten Tomatoes: No reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Summary: A gang of four criminals, three men and a woman have … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 13 Source of story An original screenplay Director Damian Nieman Writers/Script Damian Nieman Starring Thandi Newton, Gabriel Byrne, Jamie Foxx, Stuart Townsend, Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Hal Holbrook, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 13,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 67% by 15 reviewers. Review2view: 4/10. Summary: This is a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: U, USA: Approved, Netherlands: 6 Source of story A book of the same name by A. S. Fleischman Director William A. Wellman Writers/Script A. S. Fleischman Starring John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim and lots of Chinese actors. Ratings IMDb: 6.2/10 by 3,400 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 40% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story The real events which resulted in Michael Jordan signing with Nike. Director Ben Affleck Writers/Script Alex Convery, with uncredited changes by Affleck and Damon. Starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Marlon Wayans, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story A script apparently based on a real detective squad in the 1950s known as “The Hat Squad”. Director Lee Tamahori Writers/Script Peter Dexter Starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Michael Madsen, treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, John Malkovich, Kyle Chandler, Bruce Dern, Rob Lowe, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 16m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story Any of the previous three interations of the story all apparently based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson Director Bradley Cooper Writers/Script Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliot, Dave Chappelle, Alec … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 7 Source of story A book of the same name by Ian McEwan Director Dominic Cooke Writers/Script Ian McEwan Starring Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Ratings IMDb: 6.3/10 by 12,000 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 68% by 170 reviewers. Review2view: 5.5/10. Summary: A … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story A screenplay derived from a book Boudapesti 3, by Desmond Lowden Director John Mackenzie Writers/Script Timothy Prager Starring Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Xander Berkeley, Hermione Norris, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 by 2,600 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by two critics. Review2view: 3/10.. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 09m Ratings UK: U, USA: Not Rates, Sweden 15 Source of story An original screenplay taking advantage of the antipathy between Muslims and Hindus in the Northwest at the time. Director J. Lee Thompson Writers Frank S. Nugent, Robin Estridge Starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfred Hyde-White, I.S. Johar, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner Director Sam Mendes Writers/Script David Self Starring Tyler Hoechlin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, Cierán Hinds, Stanley Tucci, Jude Law, Ratings IMDb: 7.7/10 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1970 novel “Jack’s Return Home” by Ted Lewis Director Mike Hodges Writers/Script Mike Hodges Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Petre Markham, Alun Armstrong, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 34,861 people. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 04m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay, based apparently on a story the screenwriter was told in America. Director Robert Zemeckis Writers/Script Steven Knight Starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Anton Lesser, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 160,873 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 60% … Continue reading
Duration 2h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Todd Field Writers/Script Todd Field Starring Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Sylvia Flote, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 56,771 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 91% by 326 reviewers. Summary: Lydia Tár is a feted … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: X, USA: Not Rated, Norway: 12 Source of story An original screenplay, but possibly related to a stage play written by the author. Director Elia Kazan Writers/Script William Inge Starring Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Barbara Loden, Warren Beatty, Sandy Dennis, Ratings IMDb:7.7/10 by 21,561 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 72% by 25 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay, apparently based on real events. Director Michael Morris Writers/Script Ryan Binaco Starring Andrea Riseborough, Owen Teague, Alison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, Ratings IMDb: 7.1/10 by 7,034 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 95% by 81 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. Summary: Leslie is … Continue reading
Duration 3h 21m Ratings UK: A, USA: G, Denmark: 15 Source of story A novel of the same name by Edna Ferber Director George Stevens Writers/Script Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Sheb Wooley, Ratings IMDb: 7.6/10 by 40,065 people. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7 Source of story A book by Miriam Toews, itself based on real events in a Mennonite community in Bolivia. Director Sarah Polley Writers/Script Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, Ratings IMDb: 7.2/10 by 8,249 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 09m Ratings UK: A, USA: PG, Denmark: 15, Source of story A book of the same name by Harper Lee. Director Robert Mulligan Writers/Script Horton Foote Starring Gregory Peck, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Ratings IMDb: 8.3/10 by 318,941 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 93% by 67 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 7 Source of story A 2012 play of the same name by Samuel D. Hunter Director Darren Aronofsky Writers/Script Samuel D. Hunter Starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton Ratings IMDb: 8/10 by 27,272 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 66% by 301 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story An original screenplay Director Martin McDonagh Writers/Script Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell, Brendon Gleeson, Kerry Kondon, Barry Keoghan, Ratings IMDb: 7.8/10 by 120,870 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 97% by 328 reviewers. Review2view: 6/10. Summary: It is 1923 during the closing stages of the … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Denmark Source of story The 1952 Japanese film Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, in turn imspired by The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy. Director Oliver Hermanus Writers/Script Kazuo Ishiguro Starring Alex Sharp, Bill Nighy, Michael Cochrane, Aimee Lou Wood, Lia Williams, Tom Burke, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by … Continue reading
A MOTION PICTURE LIST 